Best music download site

[flyingjase]

What is the best site to download and keep music?

I joined Napster but you have to keep subscribing to listen to it, which doesn't make any sense to my old fashioned view of the music industry

I want to pay, download and keep (just like buying a CD online I suppose)

Is this possible or should I just carry on buying CD's?

Thanks - out of touch one!

[JBM78]

Amazon let you download MP3s, 79p each track i think.

[Ralf Rockefeller]

Is it rude to suggest Itunes?

[flyingjase]

Ralf Rockefeller said:

Is it rude to suggest Itunes?

No, but do you have to have an iPod? What happens if you want to use the music on another system?

The idea I have is to create a central hub in my house with all my music and then put it through a network. iTunes seems to limit what hardware / software you use if you want to migrate your music over and play it in a different format.

Or am I wrong??

[NitroNick]

gomusic.ru is the one I use if buying albums. Usually $3 for an album. The FAQ page states that its fully legal and that they are paying TAX to the russian government (however i suspect it's too cheap to be legal)
If i'm just buying one track from an album I use ITunes.

[flyingjase]

NitroNick said:

gomusic.ru is the one I use if buying albums. Usually $3 for an album. The FAQ page states that its fully legal and that they are paying TAX to the russian government (however i suspect it's too cheap to be legal)
If i'm just buying one track from an album I use ITunes.

Interesting - very cheap!

Ever had any problems with your credit card details on this site?

[sonic_2k_uk]

I'd be interested if they offer lossless FLAC or WAV media.

[flyingjase]

sonic_2k_uk said:

I'd be interested if they offer lossless FLAC or WAV media.

What is the difference? Is one better?

[bonsai]

NitroNick said:

gomusic.ru is the one I use if buying albums. Usually $3 for an album. The FAQ page states that its fully legal and that they are paying TAX to the russian government (however i suspect it's too cheap to be legal)
If i'm just buying one track from an album I use ITunes.

Really, you should just torrent them for free if you do that. The record companies / artists won't see a single cent from that.

[JustinP1]

flyingjase said:

Ralf Rockefeller said:

Is it rude to suggest Itunes?

No, but do you have to have an iPod? What happens if you want to use the music on another system?

The idea I have is to create a central hub in my house with all my music and then put it through a network. iTunes seems to limit what hardware / software you use if you want to migrate your music over and play it in a different format.

Or am I wrong??

I've used iTunes for mainly storing my CDs and buying music for the last few years.

Off my router I have an external drive with all of my music on. Any computer in the house can stream music.

It works very well for me whether I am listening to my hi-fi where the audio is streamed via wireless at CD quality from the other room, or just on headphones with the laptop.

[Tycho]

bonsai said:

NitroNick said:

gomusic.ru is the one I use if buying albums. Usually $3 for an album. The FAQ page states that its fully legal and that they are paying TAX to the russian government (however i suspect it's too cheap to be legal)
If i'm just buying one track from an album I use ITunes.

Really, you should just torrent them for free if you do that. The record companies / artists won't see a single cent from that.

Exactly. If they flout the international copyright laws like that then I'd think twice about giving them credit card details.

[sonic_2k_uk]

flyingjase said:

sonic_2k_uk said:

I'd be interested if they offer lossless FLAC or WAV media.

What is the difference? Is one better?

Not really, both are lossless, FLAC is compressed so about 3x smaller than WAV, which is a like for like copy of a CD.

[North West Tom]

Am I allowed to suggest a free site?

[Mattt]

North West Tom said:

Am I allowed to suggest a free site?

Yes if it is lawful, no if not.

But you can PM me anyway

[flyingjase]

Just found this:-

www.yourfreemusicdownloads.com

but after signing up it says you have to wait 3-6 weeks for your account to be active. Sounds s a bit fishy to me. They claim to provide freee tracks by selling advertising on the site.

Watch me now get loads of spam!!

[NitroNick]

flyingjase said:

Interesting - very cheap!

Ever had any problems with your credit card details on this site?

Never had any problems with credit card details. A lot of my friends use the site regularly and never have issues.
I think at 15c per track its as handy to buy it there than searching for it on a torrent site.

[Bullett]

Old skool.

I still buy CD's, I can keep them and rip them and it I suffer a total loss I can just reload them, change format etc etc. Price is the same or lower than most of the d/l sites and seeing as I never need an album instantly I can wait 2-3 days for play to deliver. Totally legal, supports the artist and you can sell on if you get bored later.

I don't buy singles though.

For me to move to downloads I'd need them cheaper, re-d/l for free, drm free and lossless - half the price of physical media.

[sonic_2k_uk]

Bullett said:

For me to move to downloads I'd need them cheaper, re-d/l for free, drm free and lossless - half the price of physical media.

Agree. This is the key point for me also.

[gamefreaks]

There used to be a tool for removing the DRM from Napster tracks so you could put them on CD/Ipod or whatever.

Can you still do that?

[mp3manager]

Audiogalaxy was the best P2P download site back in the day.

Dunno what it's like now it has gone legit.
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/